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Gypsies as a Marginal Group
Zoran ŠUĆUR
Sažetak
In the introductory part the notion and basic concepts of
marginality are explained. The starting points of
socioeconomic and sociocultural approach are highlighted
briefly. In the central part of the paper the main dimensions
of marginality of Gypsies are analyzed. The author attaches
most importance to economic, spatial, cultural and political
dimensions and elaborates them in more detail. A tendency
to some occupations and professions, integration in formal
employment and economic status are key indicators of
economic marginalization. Spatial marginalization manifests
itself in spatial segregation and the “quality” of space where
Gypsies live. Cultural marginalization is evident at the level
of value system and style of life, while political
marginalization is related to poor political participation and
partial citizenship. Also, as the author found that Gypsies are
marginalized on many dimensions, he tries to identify
changes taking place on each dimension of marginalization.
In the final part of the paper the author deals with specific
problems in social integration of Gypsies. The so-called
reversed acculturation characterizes Gypsies; that is, the
process of acculturation encompassed considerably a lot of
elements of their intrinsic culture. The consequence is that
Gypsies have retained their tribal organization for a long
time and have been excluded from processes of
modernization in which other citizens have taken part. Eventually, some measures are proposed in order to make
the social integration of Gypsies more successful.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
20263
URI
Datum izdavanja:
30.6.2000.
Posjeta: 8.230 *